PCIe To M.2 Adapter With PoE For Raspberry Pi 5 (WS-28411)

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PCIe To M.2 Adapter With PoE Function For Raspberry Pi 5, Supports NVMe Protocol M.2 Solid State Drive, High-speed Reading/Writing, Supports 802.3af/at network standard, Raspberry Pi 5 PoE HAT

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From the specs, the power input is 37V-57V so does this mean that the switch or router providing the PoE, needs to provide a minimum of 37W per port?

I would like to use this with a TP-Link Festa FS318GP, which provides 30W PoE per port.

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Hi @Piers289260

Not quite, Watts are a function of Volts x Amps, in the case of your switch it supports 802.3at as a standard and will be enough to power a Pi5 with this hat.

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Perfect, thanks for the reply @Dan.

And now I re-read my message in the cold light of day, I realise that I conflated volts and watts :man_facepalming:

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Hey @Piers289260

No worries at all, we’re all human. :slight_smile:

If you have any further questions feel free to ask.

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Hello again. Do you have a height for this board please? I’m trying to confirm that it will fit in the HighPi Pro 5S case.

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Hey @Piers289260,

The tallest component on this HAT when connected to the Pi 5 is the headers, which I measured to be approximately 10mm. I tested the HAT with a Pi 5 inside the case you linked, and it fits well!

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Thanks so much @Ryan

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Will a low profile heatsink fit under this board, don’t like to run Pi without heatsink.

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Hey @James46717,

That heatsink, while close, will be slightly too tall to fit between his PoE HAT and the Pi 5. The inbuilt fan on the PoE hat seems to do an adequate job of keeping everything cool.

If you are looking for a solution that includes a heatsink, maybe a setup using this alternative PoE HAT for the Pi 5 would work better for you as it has a lot more room to fit some heatsinks on the Pi.

Hope this helps!

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@Samuel Thanks for your response, by the pics I thought it probably would not but it was not 100% clear..

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Hi team, It looks as though the securing screw for the NVMe is missing from my board.

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Hey @Piers289260,

Thanks for letting us know, best to get in contact with us at support@coreelectronics.com.au if you haven’t already and we’ll resolve that ASAP.

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All sorted, thanks @Ryan.

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The fan on my board seems very noisy and erratic. I bought a new case because the HighPi Pro 5S just didn’t allow sufficient airflow and whilst that has brought a small improvement, the fan behaviour still doesn’t seem right to me.

I took a short video and have shared it on my OneDrive (Waveshare PoE Hat noise) and I am interested in what other owners/staff think?

Moving the case can also make the fan slow down/stop/speed up as if it is out of balance or the bearings are faulty. It’s quite strange behaviour.

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I have done some more investigation and it turns out that the cooling fan attached to the PoE HAT was the wrong way up so it was blowing air on to the heatsink on the Pi 5 rather than pulling up and away. I carefully removed it and turned it over and now it is behaving much better.

@Ryan - noting the missing NVMe attachment screw it would be worth checking your inventory of this HAT to make sure the fan is the correct way around. It seems as though Waveshare’s QC went a bit astray, at least for my board.

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Hey @Piers289260 ,

Thanks for following up on your issues with this HAT. I have investigated our shelf stock and can confirm that your particular HAT is the only one unlucky enough to be affected by this issue.

Hopefully, it’s smooth sailing from here on! :slight_smile:

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